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W. M. WILDER.

COTTON SEED PLANTER. v No. 315,099. Patented Apr. 7, 1885 N. PETERS.Puma-Litho ra her. Washington. 0. C.

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(No ModeL) W. M. WILDER.

COTTON SEED PLANTER.

No. 315,099. Patented Apr. 7. 1885.

N. PEI'ERS. Phumumn m her. Washington. 11c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MONROE WILDER, OF FRANKLIN, GEORGIA.

COTTON-SEED PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,099, dated April 7,1885.

Application filed May 6, 1854.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. VVTLDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Franklin, in the county of Heard and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Seed Planters, ofwhich the following is a specification, to wit:

This invention relates to cotton-planters; and it consists in certainpeculiarities of construction and arrangement of the same, substantiallyas will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in theclaims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and arrangement, referring to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a plan View. Figs. 2 and 3 are reverse sideelevations of the device; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical sectionof the same.

A represents the frame of my machine, provided at its forward end with aclevis, a, for attachment of the team, and an Opener or shovel, A, andin the rear with a cover, A adapted to turn in the earth and cover theseed after planting.

Just in rear of the opener A is journaled a furrow-wheel, B, having aV-shaped edge, and upon its axle outside the frame on each side isplaced a sprocket or chain wheel, I) b.

Upon the frame A is secured a box, 0, divided into two compartments orhoppers by a partition, 0, which is pivoted near its upper end, as shownby dotted lines in Fig. 4; and each hopper is provided with a transverseshaft, cc', having arms 0 to stir and loosen the material. These shaftsextend through the sides of the box, in which they are journaled, andare each provided with asprocketwheel, 0 operated by a chain or belt, 0,from one of the wheels 12 upon the axle of the main driving or furrowwheel.

Below the main frame, in suitable supports or boxes, are journaled thetwo saw or planting wheels D D, one of which projects upward into eachof the hoppers, as shown, and serves to feed out the contents through anarrow slot or opening, a, in the bottom of the box. The shafts d ofthese wheels are also provided with chain-wheels D, operated by a beltfrom the main furrow=wheel, as in Fig. 2.

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The forward side of the vibrating partition 0 is provided with aspring-arm, O, which bears upon andis moved by the teeth of thesaw-wheel D, and serves to more effectually feed out or stir thecontents of the forward hopper, which .is intended to contain guano orother fertilizer. The fertilizer-box is also provided with a slide, 6,which enters longitudinally just over the opening a,and serves toregulate the size of this opening, as may be desired.

In operation the forward motion of the ma- 65 chine causes the opener toform a furrow which is pressed open by the V-shaped wheel following, andinto this is dropped the ferti-. lizer and cotton-seed and covered bythe part A The stirrers and the vibrating .division- 7 piece serve tokeep the contents of the boxes always loose and free to be fed out asdesired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is 7 1. In a cotton-seed planter, abox provided with a vibrating partition, in combination with a toothedor saw shaped feedwheel adapted to engage and actuate the partition,substantially as shown and described. 8\

2. In a cotton-seed planter, a fertilizer-box having avibrating side orend and suitable revolving stirring-arms, in combination with a slideadapted to regulate the quantity of fertilizer sown, and a saw ortoothed wheel adapt- 8 ed to vibrate the side of box, substantially asshown and described.

3. Thebox 0, divided by the swinging partition 0, having a spring-arm, Oin combination with the toothed wheel D, substantially 9 as and for thepurpose set forth.

4. In a cotton-planter, the main frame A, provided with the opener A andcoverer A", the driving-wheel B, having the chain-wheels b b, and box 0,in combination with the stir- 9, rers 0 c carrying-wheelsc, the chainsO, and the vibrating partition 0 and saw-wheels D D, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of witnesses.

WILLIAM MONROE WILDER.

\Vitnesses:

L. T. LANE, J B. MERRILL, W. B. Gawain.

